The Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee on Monday convened a sweeping oversight hearing on the recent public safety power shutoff (PSPS) events that have occurred throughout the state, featuring a wide range of representatives including those from utility companies, the Newsom Administration, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and various disability and health, business…
Read More »On Monday, the Senate and Assembly Health Committees held a joint informational hearing related to 1) access to care in the Regional Model counties, and 2) children’s preventive services in Medi-Cal. State Auditor Elaine Howle presented findings and recommendations of the recently released audit report, which determined that Regional Model health plans have not provided…
Read More »On Monday, November 4, the Senate and Assembly Health Committees will convene a joint informational hearing on 1) access to care in the Regional Model counties; and 2) children’s preventative services. For access to care in the regional model, State Auditor Elaine Howle will highlight the findings and recommendations of their audit report, which was…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday met the deadline for the governor to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature on or before September 13, officially concluding the 2019 legislative year. In total, over 2,600 measures were introduced by the Senate and Assembly. Of those introduced, 870 bills were signed into law and 172 bills…
Read More »On Wednesday, the Assembly Health, Governmental Organization, Business and Professions Committees convened a joint informational hearing titled, “Vaping Tobacco and Cannabis Products: Health Effects and Deficiencies in Regulation and Current Law.” The nearly four-hour hearing was convened amid increasing youth and young adult use of vaping products, ongoing reports of vaping-related illnesses and injuries nationwide,…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom continues to take action on measures passed by the Legislature and faces a deadline on Sunday, October 13 to sign or veto all measures advanced to his desk. As a reminder, CHEAC will issue a final bill chart in mid-October indicating all actions on tracked measures. Below, we highlight a number of…
Read More »This week, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla cleared for circulation two referenda challenging California statute related to state oversight of medical exemptions for school immunization requirements enacted through Senator Richard Pan’s SB 276 and SB 714. Recall, the two measures were passed and signed into law earlier this month after a flurry of activities,…
Read More »Today, the California Legislature passed SB 714, a bill that was gutted and amended last Friday to make the additional changes sought by Governor Newsom in order to gain his approval of SB 276. Recall, last week included a flurry of activity as the Legislature passed SB 276 by Senator Pan, a bill to strengthen…
Read More »Next week is the final week for the Legislature to act on bills prior to concluding their business for the Legislative year on September 13. Today marked a key deadline for the legislature, the last day to amend bills on the floor without a two-thirds vote to waive the rules. Next Tuesday, will be the…
Read More »Today, the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees held unusually long suspense file hearings, meeting today’s deadline for fiscal committees to hear and report all bills to the floor. During the hearings, hundreds of bills were either advanced or held for the remainder of the year. In the Assembly Appropriations Committee, Chair Lorena Gonzalez opted to…
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